PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Nicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nicks
vs
Masters

192 cm
23
220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
216 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mario Nicks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trent Masters!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masters connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Masters misses with a wild body shot.
Masters looks to score with a jab to the body but Nicks is just out of range.
Nicks just misses with a punch to the body.
Masters misses with a hook
and Nicks counters with a stiff right hand.
Nicks uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Masters throws a lazy head kick
and Nicks counters with a left to the body.
Good leg kick by Nicks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nicks takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Masters misses with a hook to the body
and Nicks counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masters misses with a low kick.
Masters scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Masters falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nicks counters with a left and a right that stings Masters.
Masters's corner calls for a 1-2. Masters obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nicks bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nicks checks a leg kick nicely.
No joy there for Nicks, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Masters misses with a lunging right hand
and Nicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nicks bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Masters misses with a hook to the body
and Nicks counters with a head kick. That will keep Masters thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A head kick by Masters misses
enabling Nicks to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicks thuds a left hand into Masters's body.
Nicks bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Masters's head.
Trent Masters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters misses with an uppercut
and Nicks counters with a leg kick.
Masters throws a poor cross that misses
and Nicks counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A low kick from Masters is predictable there
and Nicks counters with a good low kick that Masters was not able to check.
Masters looks gassed!
Masters takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Masters throws a right hand that misses
and Nicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Masters throws a sloppy body shot
and Nicks counters with a nice uppercut.
Nicks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nicks thuds a left hand into Masters's body.
Nicks scores with a jab to the body.
Nicks scores with a hook to the body. Masters takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nicks is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nicks pushes Masters away with a front kick.
Nicks jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Masters misses with a body punch
and Nicks counters with a nice uppercut.
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nicks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Masters. That did some damage!
Nicks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nicks connects with a high kick.
Mario Nicks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Masters is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nicks.
Masters takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nicks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Nicks.
Nicks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nicks throws a head kick that Masters semi-blocks.
Nicks works over Masters's head and body with a nice combination.
Nicks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nicks lands a leg kick that knocks Masters off balance momentarily.
Nicks connects with a high kick.
Masters needs to keep his hands up - Nicks had a free shot at his head there.
Nicks takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nicks throws a series of punches but Masters avoids them all with ease.
Nicks lunges at Masters with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Masters's hand.
Nicks scores with a shot to the body.
Nicks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nicks thuds a left hand into Masters's body.
Nicks lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nicks darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Masters has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A good leg kick by Nicks.
Nicks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nicks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicks lands a glancing blow to the side of Masters's head.
Nicks lands with an uppercut that bounces Masters off the cage and back into rage.
Nicks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Masters on the side of the head.
Masters throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nicks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Masters's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nicks.
Masters throws a poor cross that misses
letting Nicks counter with a right hand.
Nicks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nicks lands with a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Nicks. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nicks.
Masters throws a leg kick
and Nicks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nicks lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nicks lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nicks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Masters at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Nicks lands an impressive looking overhand right. Masters doesn't seem phased though.
Nicks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Masters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nicks.
Nicks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nicks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nicks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Masters moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters walks into a stiff left hand from Nicks.
Nicks lands with an uppercut that bounces Masters off the cage and back into rage.
Masters throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nicks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nicks lands with a kick to the temple. Masters shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Masters's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nicks connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Masters scrambles back to his feet.
Masters misses the body punch
and Nicks counters with a leg kick.
Masters gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Nicks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nicks throws a combination. Masters tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nicks lands a high kick!
Masters is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nicks lands a two punch combo.
Nicks jabs Masters right on the nose. Masters blinks but takes it well.
Nicks clobbers Masters with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A cross from Masters lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Masters throws a lazy head kick
and Nicks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nicks throws a nice head kick!
Masters walks into a straight right hand from Nicks.
Masters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Nicks dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nicks connects with a single shot there.
Nicks lands with an uppercut that bounces Masters off the cage and back into rage.
Masters throws a right hand that misses
and Nicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Masters thows a leg kick but Nicks checks it
and Nicks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Masters connects with a nice looking jab.
Donk. Nicks catches Masters right on the button with a cross.
Masters throws a poor cross that misses
and Nicks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nicks thuds a left hand into Masters's body.
Mario Nicks is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick from Nicks lands but Masters takes it in his stride.
Masters walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Masters might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nicks has got the better of the exchanges.
Masters throws a sloppy head kick
and Nicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Masters misses with a left hand
and Masters takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nicks scores with the left hand. Masters knows he should have avoided that one.
Masters throws a lazy uppercut
and Nicks counters with an outside leg kick.
Masters throws a leg kick
and Nicks counters with a slapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Nicks lands.
Masters is breathing heavily.
Nicks lands with an overhand left.
Nicks lands a jab.
Nicks scores with a sloppy right hand. Masters should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicks getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nicks throws a good cross that connects.
Masters tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Masters misses with a shot to the body
enabling Nicks to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Masters's head backwards.
A jab lands there for Nicks.
Nicks is working the combinations to good effect here.
Masters misses with a left hand
and Nicks counters with an inside leg kick.
Nicks lands a really nice looking cross but Masters seems unphased.
Nicks pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Masters back to the cage. Nicks follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nicks with a nice cross.
Masters misses with a right hand
letting Nicks counter with a right hand.
Nicks throws a sloppy head kick and Masters moves out of range easily.
Nicks goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Masters misses with a right hand
and Nicks counters with a two punch combo.
Nicks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nicks lands a two punch combo.
Masters doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Masters takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nicks counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicks wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nicks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nicks lets loose with a powerful body kick. Masters will feel that in the morning.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nicks, right into the meat.
Nicks connects with the punch.
Nicks scores with a jab. Masters acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nicks scores with a head kick.
Nicks lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Masters misses with a body punch
and Nicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nicks lands with a shot to the body.
Masters throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nicks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A jab from Nicks finds it's way through Masters's defenses.
Masters walks into a straight right hand from Nicks.
Nicks fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Masters has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Masters misses with a left hand
and Nicks counters with a solid body kick.
Nicks connects with a body shot that sends Masters's belly button to the back.
Nicks lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicks connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Masters takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nicks clobbers Masters with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Masters swings widly with a right hand
and Nicks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nicks lands with a slapping head kick.
Masters thows a leg kick but Nicks checks it
and Nicks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nicks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Masters swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nicks counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nicks with a jab.
Nicks changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good leg kick by Nicks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nicks lands with a hook. Masters tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nicks lands a jab to Masters's midsection.
Nicks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Good leg kick by Nicks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nicks lands a nice hook to Masters's body. Masters takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Masters's sensitive parts.
Nicks clobbers Masters with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nicks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nicks connects with a nice looking jab.
Nicks scores with a crisp jab that stopped Masters in his tracks.
Nicks lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nicks, right into the meat.
A jab from Nicks finds it's way through Masters's defenses.
Nicks throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Masters on the side of the head.
Nicks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Masters swings widly with a right hand
and Nicks counters with a thumping low kick.
Nicks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nicks lands with a good body shot.
Nicks scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicks throws a leg kick which misses Masters's front leg but catches the back leg as Masters tries to avoid it.
Nicks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nicks lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Masters on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nicks keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Nicks dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Masters avoids the head kick by Nicks.
Masters throws a lazy head kick
and Nicks counters with a straight right hand.
Masters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nicks tests Masters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nicks.
Nicks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Masters misses with a jab to the body
and Nicks counters with a two punch combo.
Masters has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nicks finds it's way round the side to connect with Masters's head.
Masters on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Masters throws a leg kick
and Nicks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Masters misses with a hook
and Nicks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Masters scores with a jab. Nicks acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nicks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nicks jabs Masters to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Masters misses with a lunging right hand
and Nicks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Masters lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nicks lands a high kick!
Nicks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicks connects with a single shot there.
Nicks looks to land a combination but Masters avoids it well.
Masters throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nicks.
Nicks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nicks lands with a cross.
Nicks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Masters can do to turn this around?
Nicks scores with a head kick. Masters tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice uppercut there from Nicks.
Nicks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Masters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nicks.
Good standup being displayed there by Masters as he connects with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Nicks.
Nicks cracks a nice hook into Masters's ribs.
A jab lands there for Nicks.
Nicks cracks Masters with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nicks lands with a good body shot.
Masters takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nicks lands with a hook. Masters tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Nicks.
Nicks tests Masters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nicks connects with a nice looking jab.
Masters is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicks lands a body shot.
Nicks's corner calls for a 1-2. Nicks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Masters takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Masters misses with a right hand
and Nicks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Masters gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nicks lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Masters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nicks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut there from Nicks.
Nicks punishes Masters's body with a nice straight punch.
Masters swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nicks counters with a nice body kick.
Masters misses with a double jab
and Nicks counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice body punch from Nicks.
Nicks lands a two punch combo.
Mario Nicks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nicks. That's going to slow Masters down.
Nicks stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nicks cracks Masters with an open hand slap.
Nicks stuns Masters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nicks feints and then cracks Masters's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Masters down.
Nicks uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Masters throws a leg kick
and Nicks counters with a three punch combo that has Masters backing up. Masters nods at Nicks to acknowledge the strikes.
Nicks takes one to the side of the head.
Masters throws a sloppy body shot
and Nicks counters with an inside leg kick.
Nicks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Masters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nicks.
Nicks throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nicks scoring well with a low kick there.
Nicks lands with a nice combination. Masters backs away looking to recover.
Masters blocks a head kick by Nicks.
Masters gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nicks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nicks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nicks lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicks throws a sloppy head kick and Masters moves out of range easily.
Nicks throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nicks tries a head kick but it misses.
Masters misses with a hook
and Nicks counters with a head kick. That will keep Masters thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nicks chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nicks lands with a nice body punch.
Masters chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicks can pounce on him.
Nicks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Masters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trent Masters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nicks scores with a jab. Masters acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A good leg kick by Nicks.
Masters misses with a shot to the body
and Nicks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicks lands with a right hand.
Nicks takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Masters swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nicks counters with a nice uppercut.
Nicks scores with a head kick.
Nicks cracks the inside of Masters's front leg.
Masters misses with a lunging right hand
and Nicks counters with a head kick.
Nicks lands an overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Nicks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nicks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Nicks!